Last week I had the good fortune of enticing three Beacons of the Bloggerati to the class I teach on Science and the Media. They are, left to right, “Abel Pharmboy” (Terra Sigillata), Sheril Kirshenbaum (The Intersection), and the inimitable Bora Zivkovic (A Blog Around the Clock). They are just as smart, funny and charming in person. Thanks, guys–let’s do it again soon!
I work as an Assistant Professor in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (although this site and its content are my own).
In 2007 I became the fourth subject in Harvard geneticist George Church's Personal Genome Project. As the PGP moves forward, I am chronicling the dawn of personal genomics, that is, people obtaining their genomic information for whatever reason(s) and figuring out what to do with it. I am interested in the relevant technologies and especially the attendant privacy and other ethical/legal/social issues.
This blog may also discuss some of my non-genome interests or, to paraphrase Dwight Yoakam, "Guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music, etc etc."
The header image comes from the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's multimedia performance piece, "Ferocious Beauty: Genome."
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:55 am
Thank you for inviting us. It was fun for us. I hope it was useful for the students - feel free to forward their questions/comments if they have any.
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 am
Thanks for the invite, chief. It was a blast.
Next time, guitars!
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Thanks for having us! It was fun and I had no idea I could moonlight as a secret agent until I saw your photo
April 4th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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April 11th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
[Still waitiing for his photo. Hmmph.]